Marion Ross
Biography
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Marion Ross (born October 25, 1928) is an American actress best known for her role as Marion Cunningham on the ABCtelevision series, Happy Days from 1974 to 1984.Born Marian Ross in Watertown in Carver County in southern Minnesota, the daughter of Ellen (née Hamilton) and Gordon Ross,she lived in Waconia and then moved to Willmar and eventually to Albert Lea, Minnesota.At the age of 13, she changed the spelling of her name from "Marian" to "Marion" because she thought it would look better on a marquee. After completing her sophomore year in high school, she moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, and worked as an au pair while studying drama at the MacPhail Center for the Arts, and attending Southwest High School. A year later, her family moved to San Diego, California.She graduated from Point Loma High School in San Diego.Ross enrolled in San Diego State University,where she was named the school's most outstanding actress. After graduation in 1950, she performed in summer theater in La Jolla, California. The director was impressed by her talent, and recommended that she try for work in films.
Known For
Acting
2008
asAunt Lucille
1959
as2nd Lieutenant Colfax
2003
asSelf
1970
asAngela Fields
2007
asGrandma
1956
asJoan
1958
asKaty Fuller
2010
asHilda Trowburg
2021
asSelf
2007
asAnnabelle Crow (voice)
1981
asEmily Moore
2009
asRose Durham
1977
asVivian Hedgeworth
1970
asMrs. Pilgrim
1961
asYoung Woman
2011
asGrandma Dorie
1972
asMrs. Crowe
1957
asRuth Seaton
1998
asGrandma Rose McCaffrey
2006
asLeslie Clyde Onstott
1985
as
1994
asCharlotte Brandon
1996
asMrs. Diamant
1980
asNatalie Ward
1995
asMaureen Collier
1979
asMadeline Lee
2014
asMarion
2014
asEvie
1970
asJoan Myers (uncredited)
1957
asFrances Denning
2009
asSelf
1998
asMaggie
1954
asMrs. Crockett (uncredited)
1971
asMrs. Divine
2012
asGrandma (voice)
1983
asMrs. Davies
1960
asElsie May Slocum
2014
asAunt Irene Hilgrim
1954
asSpiller's Girlfriend (uncredited)
1987
asBillie Silverman
1954
asPolly Haynes (uncredited)
2001
asMargaret Smith
1979
asSelf
1956
asExtra (uncredited)
2014
asGrandma
1954
asMiss Morris (uncredited)
1958
asSister Mary Joseph (uncredited)
2014
asSelf
2018
asWaitress
2013
asAgnes Whitehead
2019
asSelf - Host
1969
asMrs. Hoyt
1996
asRosie Dunlop
2004
asMarion Cunningham ("Buddy Holly") (archive footage)
2020
asSelf
1953
asPatty
2007
asShirley
2021
asSelf
1956
asEdith
2021
asMarion
1956
asSister Clothilde (uncredited)
1996
asRuth
1959
asDiane (uncredited)
asGrandma Forman
asBeulah Carey
as 
asRuth Eggers
asIda Holden
asLaura Harding
asMarion Cunningham (voice)
asSister Marcella
asEmily Heywood
asSophie
asEunice Fadiman
asEdith Lavallo
asMs. Wakefield (voice)
as
asAnn
asRebecca the Elephant Queen (voice)
as
asMargaret Sturdevant
as
asMarion Cunningham
as
asHelen Harvey
asGeneral Richter (voice)
as
asMrs. Wilson
asMrs. Foster
asTrix Gilmore
as
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asSelf
asFlora
asJudy Glacken
asMarian Eckhardt
as
asCathy Hardin
asMrs. Richardson
asKay Forrest
as
as
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asNurse Bromfield
asSophie Berger
as 
asMollie O'Brien
as 
asNurse Ann Patterson
as
asGrandma Moonbeam (voice)
asMs. Dunlap
asNurse
as 
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asDottie Moll
asApril's Granmother
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asMargaret
asDr. Helen Cartwright
asSelf
asPatricia Westerbrook
asPatricia Winterbrook
asPricilla Brewer
asPeg Santos
asAgnes Benjamin
asEdna
asMarilyn Gilmore
asElderly Nurse
asGrandma SquarePants (voice)
asLila Ferrami
asFlavia (voice)
asEdith Bolling-Galt (voice)
asEtta Wheeler
asAnita
asSelf
asNora Belden
asMuriel Enright
asEmily Stubing
asKate
asMom
asSelf - Commentator
asMrs. Jenny Heller
asGloria Bosner
asMarion Cunningham
asGammy
asSelf
asFrances Farnsworth
asMargaret
asElizabeth - Sir Reginald's daughter
asBetty Donahue
asMrs. Bartell
asMrs. Daley
asMrs. Ross
asSister Robin
asSusan
asAmy Scofield
asGladys Johnson
asMother Superior
asOlga
asVera Schultz
asAnn Bell
asDixie the Manicurist
asAgnes
asEllie North
asMary Sloan
asJanet Williamson
asPearl
asEmma
asRita McCallister
asSelf
asDr. Murphy
asShirley Petrizzi
asMary Hammond
asNora Wheeler
asStacey
asSelf
asLouise Johnson
asMrs. Lopart (voice)
asMarion Cunningham
asSelf - Nominee
Production
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